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The Champions League quarter-final draw is complete – and there is no shortage of intrigue.
From the winners of the last two seasons (Manchester City and Real Madrid) being paired against each other, to Harry Kane returning to north London to face Arsenal, or one half of the draw opening up for one of the less fancied teams in the last eight (something which is unlikely to ever happen again, given the format changes from next season), the sub-plots are fascinating.
The Athletic assembled an expert panel to cast their eye over the four ties to explain where they will be decided, who they are tipping to go through and which team they are expecting to lift the trophy at Wembley on June 1.
Check it out below!
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And the path to the Europa Conference League final is laid out above in Will Jeanes' snazzy graphic.
Lovely stuff.
As promised, below are the quarter-final and semi-final draws from the Europa Conference League.
And the semi-finals are as follows:
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Aston Villa to face Lille in Europa Conference League quarter-final
I'll bring you the draw in full very shortly!
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The winners of semi-final 1, Aston Villa or Lille, or Olympiacos or Fenerbahce, will act as the home team for the final.
And the second semi-final is as above.
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Villa or Lille will face the winner of Olympiacos vs Fenerbahce.
Fenerbahce would be a tough test.
And now...
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But against who, Kammy?
We continue with the semi-final draw now.
Breathless stuff.
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And there's only one team left: Italian side Fiorentina, of picturesque Florence in Italy.
The Czech team will face...
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And they face French side Lille!
Paulo Fonseca's reached the semi-finals of the Europa League in 2021.
Last quarter-final coming up...
The English team learn their fates now.
Elmohamady breathes out nervously.
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Olympiacos clash with Turkish team Fenerbahce, based in Istanbul.
That will be a tasty atmosphere!
Both sets of fans are so passionate.
From one Greek side to another.
Now the Athens team will play...
And they're drawn against PAOK FC.
One of the two Greek sides in the draw.
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The Belgian side are drawn first.
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Draw coming now.
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... is Greek Vasilis Tsiartas.
A stalwart for me on Football Manager 2007.
Wand of a left foot, that lad. Loved a free-kick.